Methane oxidation in soil profiles of Dutch and Finnish coniferous forests with different soil texture and atmospheric nitrogen deposition

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 1625-1632

  Saari, A ^a   Martikainen, P J ^a   Ferm, A ^b   Ruuskanen, J ^c   De Boer, W ^d   Troelstra, S R ^d   Laanbroek, H J ^d  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFERAUS FOREST; METHANE; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; OXIDATION; SOIL TEXTURE;

FINLAND; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0031470705     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(97)00085-0     Document Type: Article

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